This week the panel debate whether you should trust brands and politicians, political donations and changes to media ownership laws.

This week's panelists are Allan Bonsall - a brand strategist who's spent decades working as an advertising executive, Dr John Harrison - Director of Engagement at the School of Communication and Arts at UQ and Christine Moody - founder of Brand Audits.

Naseema Mustapha and her family moved from South Africa to Brisbane in the 70's. As a child Naseema didn't experience a warm and welcoming childhood and had trouble adapting to such a different way of life.

Forty years on, Brisbane is a different place and so is Naseema's life. She has become an active champion for refugees in the community and has recently won the 'Most Outstanding Volunteer' in the 2016 Multicultural awards. Naseema joined Kelly Higgins-Devine to tell her family story.

1. Pre-heat oven to 180?C. Line baking trays with baking paper.2. Lightly beat eggs in a small bowl. Melt butter in microwave in a large glass bowl. Stir in the cocoa powder until smooth then add the eggs and vanilla paste and stir again.3. Sift together the flour, baking powder and sugar. Add the flour mixture to the liquid mixture with the chocolate chips and stir until well mixed - this may be better done by hand. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.4. Place icing sugar in a shallow plate. Take teaspoonsful of mixture and roll into a ball. Roll in icing sugar and place on baking tray, leaving a little room for spreading.5. Bake the biscuits for about 12 minutes or until firm. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack. Make 4 dozen biscuits.

These are just some of the issues, that Christine Moody, one of Australia's leading brand strategists, Director of Articulous Communications, Allan Bonsall and Michael Crutcher, the director of 55 Comms, discuss with Kelly Higgins-Devine .

This week the panel debate how much an Olympic gold medal is worth in endorsements for athletes, is commercial Rio coverage worth it for TV networks and can the taxi industry ever regain dominance after ride-sharing services are set to be legalised in September.

This week's panelists are, Allan Bonsall - a brand strategist who's spent decades working as an advertising executive, Michael Crutcher - former editor of The Courier-Mail and now director of 55 Comms and Sam Pearce - account director for Liquid Interactive.

Is the Pope a brand and what did he do that created a storm on social media?

Has the Australia Bureau of Statistics irreparably damaged their brand with the roll out of the 2016 Census?

These are just some of the issues, that Amanda Newbery, Director of Articulous Communications, Allan Bonsall, the Director of Brand Genetics and John Harrison, the Director of Engagement at the School of Communication and Arts at the The University of Queensland, discuss with Steve Austin.